The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-13
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. JUNE 10, 1887

the liouor question in Cedar Keys. 1t is
now thought this precinct will vote dry"
by a considerable majority.
On Saturday. June 1, 1887, at the Grand
View Hotel, Seville, by His Honor Mayor
Jenkins. Mr. C. O. Benton, of Palatka, and
Miss Jennie Rushin, of Seville.
There is something rotten, the tlmbers
perhaps, about the county jail at NfEnter-
prise Perhaps the new board OF county
commissioners will find it out and tell the
people what it is.
Judge Bernard of Tallahassee, has Just re-
ceived a letter from Mr w. P. Moore, of
New York, who spent last winter in Talla-
hassee, offering to donate 1000 acres of land
to the public library Of that city.
The Lake Weir Independents energetic
little manager and local editor, Tommy
Stovall, walked all the way from Lake
Weir TO Ocala Friday night last. just to
take a peep at Marion's metropolis. Dis
lance, 20 miles.
The money order business of the Cedar
Keys post office last week amounted to
Sl,3l2. The augmentation of the business
Of that post office the last quarter is such as
to entitle it to be again placed i'll the list of
Presidential offices.
A package containing 500 in Florida Con-
federate money has been lying in the ex-
press Office in Tallahassee for some time. It
| is directed TO Comptroller Barnes and was
sent by man in Bronson who is anxious
for the State to redeem it.
The Brooksville Town Council Monday
night authorized Banker NJ. e. Bishop to
negotiate IS, 900 of the town bonds at 9Oc. on
the dollar, saving TO the town the accrued
interest, if possible The proceeds are to be
devoted to public improvements.
The festival at Wildwood Thursday night
| hpnpfif nf SiAxTtpt oh oh
was an occasion truly enjoyable. The With
| lacoochee Hotel was the scene of much
gayety, as 1t had been prepared for the coca
sion, and presented picture that was beau
| tiful.
| The following are the names of the new
members of the Board of County Commits
| sloners for Volusia county: Messrs. Moore
! of Enterprise, Freeman, of Orange City
Ross, of DeLand, Bryan, of Glencoe, and
| Grace, of Daytona. Messrs. Ross and Grace
are Republicans.
The action of the Town Council in notify
| ing the agent of the Putnam county Board
of Health that Seville could not be made a
| quarantine station for Palatka, says the Sc
vile Gazette is worthy of commentator
| The prompt and intelligent action of the
| Town Council on quarantine matters shows
| them to be fully alive to the interests of the
people who elected them.
| A. S. Chalker, of Middleburg. has built q
| pole road, some eight miles in length, in d
westerly direction and extending into a
| large belt of heavily timbered land. and has
bought pole road engine with which to dc
| the logging. Mr.. Blakeslee, who represents
| the manufacturers Of these engines is now
awaiting the arrival of the engine ordered
which he will set to work as soon as it ar
| riveS
Notwithstanding the $500 bonus offered
by St Augustine for the Encampment to
| go to that city. she has not secured it, The
advantages offered by Fernandina beach,
| says the Mirror, are considered sufficient to
overbalance all else, and here it must locate.
Health demands it, the surroundings de
mandS it, and even those who are partial to
| other places recognize the fact that this is
the best place in the State for the encamp-
ment.
At meeting of the Palatka Fire Depart
ment, at the Sheriff's office, in the court
house, Thursday night, the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year: George j.
Xehnbar, Jr, Chief: George E. Cav, First
Assistant Chief; NJ H. Law, Second Assist
ant Chief; |. White, Secretary. The ques-
ton of a banquet and bail was also dis
cussed, and steps will probably soon be
taken to get up something of the kind The
matter was referred to the different com
panies.
Orlando Record; We were favored with
a call yesterday from Mr.. George s. Whit
lock, the famous canoeist. Mr.. Whitlock
| goes to Geneva to-day, in company with
| Mr.. Charles Vinegar, of this city, whose
guest he has been for several weeks He
contemplates a summer cruise in his canoe
from Sanford northward, reaching North
ern Michigan in the latter part of the sum
mer. The longest cruise Mr.. Whitlock has
yet made is something over 200 miles, but
the one he now has in view will eclipse any
thing so far recorded.
S. Boyle, with wife, daughter and two
sons, of Silver Spring Park, are at present
| negotiating with parties in Florida TO fur
nish them with full line of hosiery, the
family having been in that business in the
North, and owning six knitting machines,
are now having building erected where
| the manufacturing of cotton goods will be
carried on. At present only hosiery will be
manufactured, but if success should follow,
cotton goods of all descriptions will be made.
more machines obtained and the factory be
run by steam.
Turtle hunting has been quite a popular
sport at Sea Side Beach, a summer resort
! just across the peninsula from Daytona. A
party of Sanfordites who spent last Sunday
at that place report that while walking along
the beach about p. III. Sunday they discov-
cred an object walking, or rather crawling,
| up from the water, which proved to be a
tremendous sea turtle. After considerable
excitement and much screaming on the part
! of the ladies, the gentlemen of the party
succeeded in turning it on its back, where it
lay perfectly helpless until morning, when
a part of it was served for breakfast in
steaks It's weight was about $50 pounds
and had in it about 800 eggs, ranging in size
from that of a pea to that of large hens
egg. Before it was killed each of the party
enjoyed ride on its back, which was a nov
city none had before experienced.